It landed next to the tigers foot. The tiger jumped on me, and I fell back. It was just like when it had done that before, I could feel it was trying not to hurt me. I could see it in its eyes, it needed help. But what for? The gun sounded again, and the tiger took a flying leap.

I lay on the floor, stunned. I saw Nolan run up to me, but I couldn't hear anything. It was like I had gone deaf. I felt him pick me up and run back to his house. He shut and locked the door, then turned to look at me. He seemed horrified. I could hear again "Why didn't you tell me you were a beast whisperer?" He asked quietly.

"A.... What?" I replied meekly. He seemed really scary.

"A beast whisperer.... A monster.... I hope I was the only one to see you do that....." He said.

"Wh-what? I... What did I do?" I asked

"You PET it! Thats what you did! Do you know how many people that THING has killed!? And you just, just go up and PET IT?!" he yelled.

I cowered away from him. "N-nolan? Y-your scaring me....." I said, looking at him fearfully.

"Stay here." He said, and left without another word.

It was dark now. The clothes of his that I had borrowed were worn and dirty now, and slightly charred. Meow. The cat. I hugged the cat, and it purred. "Do you want to be my best friend?" I asked it. Meow! It replied. I closed my eyes.

They opened again immediately. I was staring into someone's eyes. I pulled the blanket I was under over my head. And wait, Was that Nolan?

"Ellen! Are you ok now?" It was Caleb. I shot up and looked around the room. It was fuzzy as heck. Where were my glasses? I thought I saw them on the table to the right of me, but I wasn't sure because it was all fuzzy.

I reached over to them but slipped. my left hand grabbed the edge of the table my glasses were on, and my right hand grabbed the sheets of the bed to try and stop me from falling. My left foot was stuck in the bars of the bed near the pillow, and my right foot was flailing about uselessly.

Caleb was laughing his but off at my weird tangled position. I still couldn't see right. The door to the room opened. I'm pretty sure my face went red. Caleb, still laughing, managed to choke out a few legible words. "Sh-she, hahaha!!! She f-fhahaha!!! Fell so, so, so Funny!" He almost gaged on his words. The person at the door seemed shocked and frozen in place.

I accidentally let go of the table. "Kyaa!!" I yellped as I fell and hit my head again. I some how did a somersault, and landed sitting next to the bed a few feet from the table looking utterly confused. Caleb still laughed.

"What the hell are you doing?" The person at the door said. I crawled back to the small table and put on my glasses. I looked at the door. It was Marie.

"Your shoulder and head feeling better? Yes? Good, now my stuff is still in the hall. Get it. I only helped you because I need my stuff in my room, got it?" She said. I nodded.

After she left, I moved my shoulder around. It seemed better. But wasn't it broken, like, yesterday? I guess rich people have advanced healing technology or something. I left the room, and finished bringing everyone's bags to their rooms. As I was putting the last bag in Caleb's room, I heard a small peep from under the bed. I looked under, to see Katie. She was crying.

"Sweetie? Are you ok?" I cooed. She whimpered. I crawled under the bed and lay down next to her.

"I don't like it here....." She whispered. "Its scarry..." She cried a bit more.

"Well, I don't know about that. Why do you think its Scarry?" I asked her quietly.

"B-because its so big.... It feels like, like there's something hiding in the shadows...." She said. I felt a chill run down my spine.

"If you get lost, I'll find you sweetie. Don't worry." I smiled at her. She reminded me of myself before father left and mother died. Father... He's probably dead now.

She came out from under the bed. Jeff burst into the room. "Oh hey, Ellen? Sorry, but can you switch me and the twins rooms? Marie said that if I sleep In a room next to a girl, that I'll kill her in my sleep. So ya.... Can you?" He had a huge bump on his head like he had been hit. I nodded to him. "Oh, and here! Part of the uniform!" He handed me a frilly white headband. "It matches the dress perfectly." He said seriously.

I put it on to shut him up. He left. I stood up to continue the moving. Katie followed me, holding the hem of my maids dress. I moved all their bags again, luckily they hadn't unpacked yet. By the time I finished moving all their crap, it was dark. Jeff had said his father was coming tomorrow, I wonder what he'll be like? I hope he's not like my old master....

I changed into a set of pajamas Jeff left for me. Kill me in his sleep? As if. Happy-go-lucky idiot. I sighed. When I was done changing, I put my glasses on the side table got into the bed. I fell into a deep slumber.